Museum

Dalias – Heritage Garden
Dalias – Living History — The Heritage Garden at the Cortes Island Museum The Heritage...
Orcas in Von Donop Lagoon, ca. 1949 – by Lynne Jordan
Like a number of families in the 1940s, the Herrewigs were a logging family living...
Peony – Heritage Garden
Peony – Living History – The Heritage Garden at the Cortes Island Museum Early summer...
Refuge Cove: Moving with the Tide
Our new exhibit Refuge Cove: Moving with the Tide celebrated its opening on June 24th,...
Owls Are the Best Field Assistants in Biodiversity Studies – by Christian Gronau
Owls Are the Best Field Assistants in Biodiversity Studies – An Appreciation of Owl Pellets Oliver...
June Cameron – by Lynne Jordan
June Cameron (June 10, 1929 – July 24, 2016) With her children around her, June...
Why this Museum Fossil is NOT an Ammonite – by Christian Gronau
(All photographs are the author’s unless indicated otherwise.) Ammonites are probably the most familiar of...
Big Tree Exhibit Opening
We did it!  On Sunday, July 10, the Cortes Museum welcomed the community to join...
Creative Spaces 2016
On Sunday, June 25, many visitors had a chance to visit Cortes gardens and studios....